N.Y. General Business Law § 503: Administration

§ 503. Administration. 1. The commissioner is hereby authorized and

directed to prescribe such rules and regulations, including provisions

for maintenance of records relating to products, fabrics or related

materials, and for the labeling for a product, fabric or related

material, as may be necessary and proper for purposes of administration

and enforcement of this article.

2. The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate

the standards of flammability and shall include such standards of

flammability in such rules and regulations which he may publish.

3. Such standards, rules and regulations, promulgated by the

commissioner pursuant to this article, shall be filed in the office of

the secretary of state before becoming effective and may be amended and

revised from time to time. Each such standard, rule or regulation or

amendment thereto shall become effective twelve months from the date on

which such standard, rule, regulation or amendment is promulgated,

unless the commissioner finds for good cause shown that an earlier or

later effective date is in the public interest and publishes the reason

for such finding. Each such standard, rule or regulation or amendment

thereto shall exempt products, fabrics or related materials in inventory

or with the trade as of the date on which the standard, rule or

regulation or amendment thereto becomes effective except that if the

commissioner finds that any such product, fabric or related material is

so highly flammable as to be dangerous when used by consumers for the

purpose for which it is intended, he may under such conditions as the

commissioner may prescribe, withdraw, or limit the exemptions for such

product, fabric or related material.

4. The commissioner is authorized to cooperate on matters related to

the purposes of this article with any department or agency of the

federal, state or municipal government; with any state, territory or

possession of the United States or with the District of Columbia; or

with any department, agency or political subdivision thereof; or with

any person.

5. The commissioner may obtain from any person by regulation or

subpoena issued pursuant thereto such information in the form of

testimony, books, records, or other writings as is pertinent to the

findings or determinations which he is required or authorized to make

pursuant to this article.

All information reported to or otherwise obtained by the commissioner

or his representative pursuant to this subdivision which information

contains or relates to a trade secret shall be considered confidential,

except that such information may be disclosed to other officers or

employees concerned with carrying out this article or when relevant in

any proceeding under this article.